12/30/2018

Pause is the space between what just happened and what is about to happen. In the rearview mirror is 2018 and in front of us, staring us down, is what is about to happen, the blank page of 2019. What is it that God would have for you to do this year?

12/23/2018

We're told that this is the most wonderful time of the year...until it's not. Anybody can find joy and happiness when life is good. But the true test of your "joy source" is how it holds up under the weight of brokenness, pain, loss, and disappointment. We're told that this is the most wonderful time of the year...until it's not. Anybody can find joy and happiness when life is good. But the true test of your "joy source" is how it holds up under the weight of brokenness, pain, loss, and disappointment. Whatever season you are in, you can choose joy because of Jesus.

12/09/2018

As a local body of believers, we are in a unique position to have a national impact for the Kingdom of God. We have been entrusted with the opportunity to influence countless other churches all around the country through a movement of eternal significance.

12/16/2018

God has strategically placed us in the city of Raleigh. We have an opportunity to meet the needs of our city and make a difference by being the hands and feet of Jesus wherever we live, work, study, play, or shop.

10/28/2018

As disciples of Jesus, we must train, by way of spiritual disciplines, to be well-rounded disciples of Jesus. It involves the head, the heart, and the hands. If we can master each of these, we'll be well on the way to becoming “next level” disciples.

11/11/2018

If we want to go to the "next level" of being well-rounded disciples, we must align our hearts with God's heart. Getting to the "next level" with your heart involves the practices of prayer and worship in our everyday lives.

11/18/2018

For a next level disciple, getting God’s Word in your head, aligning your heart with God’s heart through prayer and worship will lead to living out your faith to be the hands of Jesus.

10/07/2018

If we are indeed going to be disciples of Jesus, we must be willing to rediscover the real Jesus as He is described from the first-hand accounts from the writers of the Gospels. A rediscovery of the Biblical Jesus could radically reshape our view of God, the church and the world.

10/14/2018

As we study and discover the real Jesus of the Bible, we have to deal with this question, “Is Jesus Lord of our lives?” We must understand that He demands nothing less than all of our lives and that we must surrender daily to Him.

10/21/2018

As we study and discover the real Jesus of the Bible, we have to deal with this question, “Is Jesus Lord of our lives?” We must understand that He demands nothing less than all of our lives and that we must surrender daily to Him.

09/09/2019

Guilt is an emotion we feel when we know we have done something or someone wrong. Instead of owning up to it, we do our best to cover it up by living as if we always owe something that person. In reality, the cure for a guilty heart is simple, but not fun. It’s called confession.

09/16/2019

When anger shows up, we recognize that we didn’t get something that we think we deserved. We stew for days, weeks, months, or years over the debt. Yet, it breaks God’s heart when our anger results in the harm of ourselves or others. Forgiveness begins with a decision to follow the example of our heavenly Father, who forgave us at great cost to Himself.

09/23/2019

Greed is by far and away the hardest of the heart problems to diagnose. At a core heart level, “greedy” people believe they have more or need more because they deserve more. The remedy for greed in the heart is generosity.

09/30/2019

Jealousy is the hardest heart problem to justify. In actuality, our problem is never with the person that we are jealous of; our problem is actually with God. Jealousy says, "God owes me." The remedy to jealousy is two-fold. It involves prayer and gratitude.

08/05/2018

We live in a day and time where we are more stressed out than ever before. We are chronically rushed, chronically late, and chronically exhausted. What is missing? It very well may be margin in your life.

08/19/2018

If we want to live a life of significance, it is going to require active discipline to make space for the things that matter most, and that is not a better job, more money or anything that the world would tell matters. We have to make space in our lives for what matters most, and that is other people.

08/26/2018

Surveys tell us that the #1 source of stress is money. We think that if we had more money that our security and comfort levels would go up. The reality is that no matter where you are financially, you are stressed out. So how can we build margin into our finances to achieve financial freedom?

05/13/2018

There is a tension we all feel when it comes to our families, between the "ideal" of Jesus, and the "real" of the people who share your name or address. But the moment you try to resolve the tension, you lose something very important: it's not by abandoning the ideal that we improve the real, but instead, it's the pursuit of the ideal that has the most impact on what's real.

05/20/2018

Mutual submission is one of the most powerful relational dynamics on earth. When a person, or when a group of people decides that they are not in it for themselves, that they are not here to get out of others what they can, but instead that they are here to lend the best of themselves for the sake of others, it doesn’t get better than that.

06/03/2018

Conflict is built into our society. It is everywhere: reality TV; politics; news organizations; headlines; conflict is just a part of our world, but when it comes to conflict in our family, it can be devastating. At the root of every single conflict, especially in the context of family, is an unmet desire in the heart.